10 Secrets to Lowering Your Medical Bills

Don't avoid the doctor or pharmacy

It's not surprising that 64 percent of Americans want to lower their healthcare bills, as a recent survey found, but, it is that avoiding the doctor when sick or in need of medication to keep costs down is a tactic used by 56 percent of people without medical insurance and 27 percent of Millennials. If a patient is not getting their prescription filled because of expense, they need to have a conversation with their doctor, says Raffi Terzian, MD, senior medical director at Health Advocate. Avoiding the doctor can lead to serious gaps in preventative care and result in costlier medical expenses down the road.Here are the secrets to finding the best doctors, according to doctors.